How to Ace Language Comprehension in MAT Exam?

Language Comprehension section in the paper pencil and computer based AIMA-MAT is one of the most important score determiners and stands at par with other sections. Out of 200 questions in MAT, this section consists of 40 questions in MCQ format and is to be solved in suggested time limit of half an hour. MAT will be conducted on September 2, 2018, in offline mode and on September 15, 2018, in online mode.

Language Comprehension in MAT is the section to test the English language skills including Grammar, Vocabulary other Verbal Ability areas and Reading Comprehension passages.

The difficulty level of topics in Language Comprehension section in MAT Syllabus is not very high. The exam has moderate to difficult level questions with overall difficulty level on the moderate side.

Language Comprehension with 40 questions in MAT carries maximum 40 raw marks out of total 200 marks with 20% weightage awarded to this section.

To excel in Language Comprehension section, you need to form is a regular reading habit, enhance your vocabulary skills and should have the ability to analyze and reflect data.

MAT is a national level entrance test for admission to MBA/ PGDM institutes where thousands of the aspirants test their skills. It is held 4 times a year at quarterly intervals. Next MAT exam will be in the month of September 2018. It will be used as admission criteria for MBA/ PGDM 2018-20 programs offered by more than 400 B-schools in India.

Language Comprehension with 40 questions in MAT carries maximum 40 raw marks out of total 200 marks with 20% weightage awarded to this section. The raw score is awarded as 1 mark per correct answer which becomes a maximum score of 160 after calculation of composite score of 800 for all the 5 sections on a scale of 1 to 100.

About MAT Language Comprehension

In Language Comprehension section of September MAT 2018, there will be a few questions on the rearrangement of sentences of a paragraph. In each question, there will be four and six sentences, in jumbled form. You are required to identify the opening sentence, the conclusion and then arrange the remaining sentences in such a manner that the entire paragraph reads in a coherent manner.

Before you can form paragraphs, it is important to understand the gist of the paragraph. This requires one to read all the sentences carefully. Apart from practicing past years’ papers, one should study sentence construction rules in greater depth. Identifying the opening and concluding sentences are easy.

The opening sentence is usually the sentence that introduces an idea or a concept. The last sentence will conclude what has been covered in the paragraph.

Once the opening sentence has been identified, you should zero in on the next sentence that acts as a continuation of the idea being discussed in the paragraph. To ace this section, it is important to find links between two sentences.

Language Comprehension is a scoring and important score determiner section. Candidates who have good command over the English Language including grammar, vocabulary, verbal ability and reading ability. The syllabus of this section of MAT is as follows:

English Usage and Sentence Correction

English Proficiency

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Vocabulary Usage

Synonyms and Antonyms

Idioms

Phrases

Verbal Ability

Reading Comprehension Passages

Vocabulary

MAT 2018 proposes to place more synonyms and antonyms. Usually, we mug up the words, their similar and opposite meanings and tend to forget. There is no need to go for it now at this juncture.

The pattern of vocabulary words asked in MAT exam reveals that these words are moderate ones and do not belong to a tough literature.

There may be some of the words whose meaning is hidden in the word itself. There may be 2 words joined in one. If you split them, the meaning will be clear to you.

It is suggested to leave mugging of words now and focus on simple usage for next 2-3 days without beginning anything new. It will be easier to decode the 4-5 vocabulary words and arrive at the correct answer. This will help you to score high without any loss of marks.

Tips to Ace Language Comprehension in MAT

To crack the Language Comprehension candidates, need to choose the right topic in the reading comprehension section and understand the main idea of the passage. If the candidate understands the concept of the passage, answering questions related to it becomes easy.

Search for structural words like Similarly, additionally, moreover, though, however, thus etc. so as to get the right meaning of the sentence and hence the passage.

Time Management is very important, try to manage time while reading the passage so that less time is consumed while answering the questions.

The candidates must regularly read newspapers, books, novels, magazines to improve English proficiency and vocabulary.

Underline the words that you don’t understand and find their meaning in the dictionary. Also look for their synonyms and antonyms.

Given below are some topics which need to be practiced more questions are asked from these topics:

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Vocabulary Based Questions

Grammar based question including prepositions, adverbial phrase

Sentence corrections

Compound words

Reading comprehension passages

Preparation Books for MAT 2018 September

Language Comprehension passages in MAT 2018 could prove to be a good source of high scoring as each passage is followed by more than one question. If you practice only today and tomorrow on moderate RC passages, Newspaper editorials, magazines carrying rich vocabulary among others source material, you can ensure high score in Language Comprehension section.

A good book is a success in every exam. If you want to crack MAT Exam, buy books according to the MAT syllabus and written by a good writer. NCERT Textbooks of class 11th and 12th are very good for building basics for Preparation. These books will help you in MAT preparation. But don’t forget to check the MAT syllabus. Given below is the list of books that students can refer to for preparing for MAT:

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